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by a professional
11m ago
from Strayer University
in Atlanta, GA, USA
Hi Brandon—a thorough QOE request list will vary by the company and industry, but you could start with:
• Three to five years of monthly income statements, balance sheets, and cash-flow statements
• Year-to-date financials and comparisons with prior periods
• General ledger and trial balances
• Federal, state, and local tax returns
• Bank statements and reconciliations
• Accounts-receivable and accounts-payable aging reports
• Revenue by customer, product/service line, location, and channel
• Customer concentration, contracts, churn, and recurring-revenue schedules
• Payroll registers, headcount, contractor payments, commissions, and owner compensation
• Detailed schedules for add-backs and other EBITDA adjustments, with supporting documentation
• Related-party transactions and owner or family expenses
• Inventory reports, costing methods, reserves, and write-offs
• Deferred revenue, customer deposits, accrued expenses, and other working-capital accounts
• Debt, leases, capital expenditures, and fixed-asset schedules
• Budgets, forecasts, and explanations for material variances
• Details of unusual, nonrecurring, or out-of-period income and expenses
Maybe also request the source data in Excel or native accounting-system exports—not only PDFs. The QOE team should be able to trace reported earnings back to the general ledger, bank activity, invoices, contracts, payroll, and tax filings.